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1. The House That Jack Built (2018)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 92,213 | Gross: $0.09M
2. Swiss Army Man (2016)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Antonia Ribero
Votes: 133,727 | Gross: $4.21M
3. Little Nicky (2000)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
After two of the devil's three sons escape Hell to wreak havoc on Earth, the devil must send his third son, the mild-mannered Nicky, to bring them back before it's too late.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 112,621 | Gross: $39.46M
4. Avenged (2013)
R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.
Director: Michael S. Ojeda | Stars: Amanda Adrienne Smith, Marc Anthony Samuel, Rodney Rowland, Tom Ardavany
Votes: 4,408
5. A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Andréa Ferréol, Frances Barber
Votes: 7,581
6. Lifechanger (2018)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A murderous shapeshifter sets out on a blood-soaked mission to make things right with the woman he loves.
Director: Justin McConnell | Stars: Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Elitsa Bako, Sam White
Votes: 2,818
7. Anna (2021)
345 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A 13-year-old Sicilian girl who must contend with a viral contagion that has killed off all adults on the island.
Stars: Giulia Dragotto, Alessandro Pecorella, Clara Tramontano, Giovanni Mavilla
Votes: 967
8. Alien Autopsy (2006)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake documentary The Alien Autopsy (1995) about the Roswell incident.
Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Declan Donnelly, Anthony McPartlin, Bill Pullman, Götz Otto
Votes: 7,700
9. Flowers (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An abstract, surreal horror film centering around six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer's house.
Director: Phil Stevens | Stars: Colette Kenny Mckenna, Krystle Fitch, Anastasia Blue, Tanya Erin Paoli
Votes: 455
10. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021)
120 min | Documentary
This documentary explores film through the voices of significant professionals who have contributed to make sure moving images survive and remain accessible.
Director: Inés Toharia Terán | Stars: Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen
Votes: 255
11. Fresh Meat: Jeffrey Dahmer (2021 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime
Dissect the mind of America's most shocking cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, to understand what drives these killers to commit unspeakable crimes.
Stars: Vernell Bass, Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, Nancy Glass
Votes: 194
12. Death Scenes (1989 Video)
86 min | Documentary, Crime, War
Various pics and footage of real death
Director: Nick Bougas | Stars: Anton LaVey, Ross Alexander, David Bacon, Clyde Barrow
Votes: 212
13. Schweinchen (2020)
20 min | Documentary, Short
An instructional video for forensic scientists showing how five dead piglets decay over the course of a week. Their rate of decay differs greatly from pig to pig.
Director: Jörg Buttgereit | Star: Mark Benecke
Votes: 6
14. Decasia (2002)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Tsuru Aoki, Julia Calhoun, Margaret Cullington, William S. Hart
Votes: 1,059
15. What Remains (2005)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the creative process of celebrated photographer Sally Mann.
Director: Steven Cantor | Stars: Sally Mann, Karen Bailey, Richard Jantz, Emmett Mann
Votes: 295
16. The Méliès Mystery (2021 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
In 1923, facing bankruptcy, film pioneer Georges Méliès burned all the original negatives of his early masterpieces. Almost a century later, dozens of his negatives were discovered in the Library of Congress. How did he do his final trick?
Director: Eric Lange | Stars: Serge Bromberg, Costa-Gavras, Béatrice de Pastre, Michel Gondry
Votes: 370
17. Morirse en domingo (2006)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
Carlo's uncle died on a Sunday morning, and the only funeral home working on Sundays is managed by a very suspicious character.
Director: Daniel Gruener | Stars: Silverio Palacios, Humberto Busto, Maya Zapata, Rafael Simón
Votes: 330
18. Frankenstein (1986 TV Movie)
60 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Carl Beck, Stephen Boe, Damian Byers
Votes: 19
19. Lyrisch nitraat (1991)
50 min | Documentary
A compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. The title refers to the deteriorating nitrate film stock used in these films.
Director: Peter Delpeut | Stars: Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm
Votes: 222
21. Why Didn't This 2,000 Year Old Body Decompose? (2021)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Directors: Ivana Bosnjak, Thomas Johnson | Star: Alexandra Panzer
22.
The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996–2005)
Episode:
Dead Men Do Talk
(1996)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Crime
One case concerns a serial killer who phones police confessing he murdered someone; he is captured a few blocks from the pay phone. To convict him, they need to prove there's been a murder ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Wiecha | Stars: Steve Altes, William M. Bass, Mary Jean Bentley, Doug Carpenter
Votes: 19
23.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Wish I May
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In the bayou, a man is somehow brought back from the dead, but he's still decomposing. The locals accuse his family of witchcraft. The team tries to help, but Hendricks, who's showing unusually high interest in the case, becomes unhinged.
Director: John Bell | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 21
24.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
'Til Death
(1990)
Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
The gold-digging landowner of a Caribbean villa attempts to woo a haughty rich young woman with the aid of a potion made by his ex-lover; a voodoo priestess. But trouble ensues when he ignores the warnings about the potion.
Director: Chris Walas | Stars: D.W. Moffett, Pamela Gien, Aubrey Morris, John Kassir
Votes: 1,207
25.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Folie a Deux
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paranoid telemarketer takes his coworkers and Mulder hostage claiming that their boss is a disguised insectoid monster that's literally turning the workers one by one into his zombie drones.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Brian Markinson
Votes: 4,127
26.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Revelations
(1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully attempt to protect a boy, whose death could trigger the coming of Armageddon, from a possibly demonic serial killer who targets people with stigmata.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Kevin Zegers, Sam Bottoms
Votes: 4,162
27.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Crime Scene Creatures
(2006)
TV-PG | Documentary, Family
The role of insects, spiders, and other seemingly innocuous creatures in demonstrated by noted forensic pathologists.
Director: Nigel Marven | Stars: Paul Christie, Zakaria Erzinclioglu, Bernard Greenberg, David Hall
Votes: 12
28.
Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode:
See-Through
(2007)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rita finds herself threatened by Dexter's sexy new NA sponsor Lila, and stressed by a visit from her estranged mother, while Dexter tries to throw the dogged FBI Agent Lundy off his bloody trail.
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King
Votes: 5,504
29.
Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode:
A Leg Up on Crime
(2006)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime
The decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in a Bakersfield irrigation canal. If there was trace evidence, it had been washed away. Another victim was found in that same canal a ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Thomas, Kim Vogel, Gerald Davis, Armand Dollinger
Votes: 94
30.
Nature's Great Events (2009)
Episode:
The Great Salmon Run
(2009)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
The annual return from the Pacific Ocean of millions of salmon to the streams where they were born in North America in order to spawn and die. Grizzly bears depend for their survival on this event, too.
Stars: David Attenborough, Jeff Turner
Votes: 171
31.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Alone in the World
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two bullying boys die and exhibit an alarming state of rapid decay. Their would-be victim, an extremely lonely boy, has a remarkably unusual connection to the killer. Meanwhile, Walter fears for his sanity.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown
Votes: 1,898
32.
NurdRage (2009– )
Episode:
How to Make Aluminum Nitrate Nonahydrate
(2009)
4 min | Documentary
Aluminum nitrate nonahydrate is prepared from aluminum foil and isolated by crystallization.
Star: NurdRage
33.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
How Government 'Diversity' Initiatives Are Leading Us to a Major Airline Disaster
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Diversity initiatives lead to airplane disasters. A young boy smeared by the media turns out to be Native American. The Daily Wire's sports comedy outrages the Left. A TikTok trends involves emptying water bottles to save the oceans.
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 12
34.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
CWSA 11/30/23 Elon Musk Tries Honesty, Biden Decomposes, More Fun
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
35.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Reparations Grift Is Finally Collapsing
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 10
36.
Glitch (2015–2019)
Episode:
The Risen
(2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When Sergeant Hayes is called to the cemetery, he makes a startling discovery. Six people have inexplicably returned from the dead and are in perfect health. How is this possible? Who are they and why are they back?
Director: Emma Freeman | Stars: Patrick Brammall, Genevieve O'Reilly, Emma Booth, Emily Barclay
Votes: 809
37.
Dateline NBC (1992– )
Episode:
The Laci Peterson Story: A Dateline Investigation
(2017)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, News
A look at the 2004 murder of pregnant California woman Laci Peterson, including previously unseen interrogation footage of her husband, Scott Peterson, who was convicted of the crime.
Stars: Lester Holt, Keith Morrison, Gloria Allred, Stacy Boyers
Votes: 23
38.
Glitch (2015–2019)
Episode:
The Letter
(2017)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The remaining Risen are out of space as the boundaries and killers close in. James is frantic to know that Nia is safe. Beau, his mother and his aunt are surprised by their good fortune and anticipate better days ahead.
Director: Emma Freeman | Stars: Patrick Brammall, Genevieve O'Reilly, Emma Booth, Emily Barclay
Votes: 429
39.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Survival
(2018)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The story of how life on Earth has evolved, becoming lethal for life to thrive.
Directors: Christopher Riley, Nick Shoolingin-Jordan | Stars: Will Smith, Jerry Linenger, Roger Smith, Mae C. Jemison
Votes: 329